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Showing 1 to 10 of 10 for “"Sunday schools."”.
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The pursuit of quality education in Korean sunday schools, devising an appropriate model of evaluation
… which could be used to improve the quality of Sunday schools in Korea. Various evaluation theories that are current outside the church were examined and evaluated to see whether they were amenable to modification to serve the church’s interest in Sunday Schools. The adapted theories were put …
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Reforming manners, redeeming souls : Sunday schools, childhood, and the formation of early nineteenth-century American religious culture.
… childhood studies, this dissertation analyzes Sunday schools from 1790-1860 to show how concepts of childhood, and young people themselves, helped shape American religious culture. Recent scholarship by historians such as Steven Mintz and Amanda Porterfield have pushed interpretations of reform …
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Place and Pedagogy: Sunday School in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries
This dissertation explored the development of Sunday School in England as it transitioned from a program that was society-based to a church-based educational ministry. Primary emphasis is given to Sunday School’s placement under church leadership and the change in purpose that impacted Sunday …
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The Cultural Origins of Youth Services Librarianship, 1876--1900
… of library services in such institutions as Sunday Schools and young men's associations informed librarians' discussions in 1876, when they first began addressing the needs of children in professional writings. Early models of youth services emphasized the authority of teachers, limiting …
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Education of poor girls in north west England c1780 to 1860: A study of Warrington and Cheshire
… for the poor is included. A number of the schools existing in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries continued into the nineteenth and occasionally even into the twentieth centuries and their records became the source material for this study. The eighteenth century and the early …
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An analysis of open and closed Sunday school groups in growing Southern Baptist churches
… the relationship between open and closed Sunday school groups and real and perceived measurements of church health in growing Southern Baptist churches. The concern for Sunday school growth was explored through an analysis of the relationships between open and closed Sunday school groups …
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An analysis of Sunday School factors leading to effective assimilation in selected Baptist churches in Georgia
This dissertation has explored factors within the Sunday School ministry that contribute to the process of church membership assimilation. The research addresses the reality that Sunday School is an effective tool for assimilation when executed with intention for evangelism and assimilation. The …
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Church-home relationships in church schools of the Central District of the California-Nevada Conference of the Methodist Church
<p>Noteworthy contributions in the field of church-home cooperation in religious education are seen in the church school curriculum of the Character Research Project at Union College, Schnectady, New York, of the Presbyterian Church, U.S.A. and of the Episcopal Church. These contributions to the …
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An analysis of the impact of learning environment factors on retention and attrition in adult Sunday School classes
… the retention and attrition of members of adult Sunday School classes in Kentucky Baptist Convention churches. The study was delimited to spiritual, physical, and social learning environment factors internal to adult classes meeting at church on Sunday led by the same teacher for the previous …
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An analysis of epistemology in the book of Proverbs in relationship to the sources of knowledge used in evangelical Sunday School curriculum
… to the sources of knowledge used in evangelical Sunday School curriculum. Proverbs was selected for the biblical guideline because of its educational content and specific use of the sources of knowledge to teach biblical Wisdom. The sources of knowledge used for the study were the traditional …